Information recording medium, method for recording information, and method for reproduction information

• US 6,671,458 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2002
• Issued: 12/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ando, Hideo, Maruyama, Koji, Kikuchi, Shinichi, Taira, Kazuhiko, Ishizawa, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US10/175,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20020154897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 386/46, 386/95, 386/98, 386/111, 386/112, 386/125, 386/126, 386/121
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/211 Discs having both read-only and rewritable or recordable areas containing application data; Partial ROM media
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/237 having exactly two recording layers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2575 DVD-RAMs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/455 said record carriers being in one device and being used as primary and secondary/backup media, e.g. HDD-DVD combo device, or as source and target media, e.g. PC and portable player
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

An information recording medium includes a first area (DA2) for storing picture data for forming a plurality of pictures, a second area (DA21) which is included in the first area and stores control data of the picture data, and a third area (INFO1) which is included in the second area and stores specifying data for specifying the storage position of representative picture data for forming a representative picture in the plurality of pictures.

Claims

1. An information recording method for recording data on an information recording disc that includes (i) a first area configured to store an audio or video file, the audio or video file including an object that comprises object units managed by cells that represent portions of the object, each of the object units including at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded, (ii) a second area configured to store video manager information including disc representative picture information that includes information regarding a program chain number, a cell number, and a picture point as a presentation time of a picture representing recording contents of the disc in the object, and information regarding a time when the disc representative picture was made, the disc representative picture being any one of pictures included in the object, (iii) a third area configured to store a plurality of program chain information that designates respective cell reproduction orders, and includes information of a number of cells, a plurality of cell information respectively associated with the plurality of program chain information, the information recording method comprising:

recording at least one object in the audio or video file, wherein the at least one object includes object units managed by cells that represent portions of the object, each of the object units includes at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded;

recording the video manager information;

recording the plurality of program chain information; and

recording the disc representative picture information.

2. An information recording apparatus for recording data on an information recording disc that includes (i) a first area configured to store an audio or video file that includes an object comprising object units managed by cells that represent portions of the object, each of the object units including at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded, (ii) a second area configured to store video manager information including disc representative picture information that includes information regarding a program chain number, a cell number, and a picture point as a presentation time of a picture representing recording contents of the disc in the object, and information regarding a time when the disc representative picture was made, the disc representative picture being any one of pictures included in the object, (iii) a third area configured to store a plurality of program chain information that designates respective cell reproduction orders, and includes information of a number of cells, a plurality of cell information respectively associated with the plurality of program chain information, the information recording apparatus comprising:

means for recording at least one object in the audio or video file, wherein the object includes object units managed by cells that represent portions of the object, each of the object units includes at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded;

means for recording the video manager information;

means for recording the plurality of program chain information; and

means for recording the disc representative picture information.

3. An information reproducing method for reproducing disc representative picture recorded on an information recording disc, wherein the information recording disc includes a first area for a managing file in which management information is stored, and a second area for an audio file or a video file in which audio or video information is stored,

the information recording disc having at least one object recorded in the audio or video file and management information recorded in the managing file, the object comprising object units each including at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded,

the management information including a plurality of program chain information, a plurality of cell information respectively associated with the plurality of the program chain information, and disc representative picture information for one disc representative picture, the plurality of program chain information includes information of a number of cells, and designates respective cell reproduction orders, the plurality of cell information represents portions of the object, the disc representative picture information includes information regarding a program chain number, a cell number, and a picture point as a presentation time of a picture representing recording contents of the disc in the object, and information regarding a time when the disc representative picture was made, the disc representative picture is any one of pictures included in the object, the information reproducing method comprising:

a first step of reading the management information, referring to the program chain information, the plurality of cell information, and disc representative picture information, and determining a position of the disc representative picture in the audio file or video file;

a second step of reading the disc representative picture based on the position determined by the first reading step; and

a third step of decoding the disc representative picture read by the second reading step.

4. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing disc representative picture recorded on an information recording disc, wherein the information recording disc includes (i) a first area for a managing file in which management information is stored, (ii) a second area for an audio file or a video file in which audio or video information is stored, (iii) at least one object recorded in the audio or video file, and (iv) management information recorded in the managing file, the object comprising object units each including at least one of a video pack in which video data is recorded and an audio pack in which audio data is recorded, the management information including a plurality of program chain information, a plurality of cell information respectively associated with the plurality of program chain information, and disc representative picture information for one disc representative picture, the plurality of program chain information including information of a number of cells, and designating respective cell reproduction orders, the plurality of cell information representing portions of the object, the disc representative picture information including information regarding a program chain number, a cell number, and a picture point as a presentation time of a picture representing recording contents of the disc in the object, and information regarding a time when the disc representative picture was made, the disc representative picture being any one of pictures included in the object, the information reproducing apparatus comprising:

first means for reading the management information, referring to the program chain information, the plurality of cell information, and the disc representative picture information, and determining a position of the disc representative picture in the audio file or video file;

second means for reading the disc representative picture based on the position determined by the first means; and

third means for decoding the disc representative picture read by the second means.